The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Franziska van Almsick 1:57.90 Q 2 5 4 Nicole Haislett 1:59.33 Q 3 4 2 Luminița Dobrescu 2:00.51 Q, NR 4 3 5 Kerstin Kielgaß 2:00.55 Q 5 4 3 Lü Bin 2:00.56 Q 6 4 5 Catherine Plewinski 2:00.67 Q 5 7 Olga Kirichenko Q 8 5 3 Suzu Chiba 2:00.96 Q 9 3 6 Susie O'Neill 2:01.05 q 10 3 2 Karen Pickering 2:01.09 q 11 4 7 Yelena Dendeberova 2:01.28 q 12 4 4 Jenny Thompson 2:01.71 q, 13 5 5 Mette Jacobsen 2:01.84 q 14 3 3 Gitta Jensen 2:02.27 q 15 4 6 Nicole Stevenson 2:02.50 q 16 5 8 Carla Negrea 2:03.16 q 17 5 2 Yoko Koikawa 2:03.32 q, 18 5 1 Malin Nilsson 2:03.44 q 19 3 8 Nikki Dryden 2:03.59 20 3 7 Isabelle Arnould 2:04.06 21 5 6 Zhuang Yong 2:04.12 22 2 5 Allison Higson 2:04.25 23 4 8 Irene Dalby 2:04.28 24 2 4 Natalia Pulido 2:04.39 25 3 1 Sandra Cam 2:04.72 26 4 1 Diana van der Plaats 2:05.42 27 2 3 Rita Jean Garay 2:07.08 28 2 2 Joscelin Yeo 2:07.09 29 1 3 Akiko Thomson 2:07.95 30 1 5 Robyn Lamsam 2:08.60 31 2 2 Rania Elwani 2:08.93 32 1 4 María José Marenco 2:09.36 33 1 6 Claudia Fortin 2:12.24 34 1 7 Sharon Pickering 2:12.43 35 2 1 Corinne Leclair 2:12.55 36 2 7 May Ooi 2:13.20 37 1 2 Paola Peñarrieta 2:15.74

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Yelena Dendeberova 2:00.09 10 5 Karen Pickering 2:00.33 NR 11 4 Susie O'Neill 2:00.89 12 8 Malin Nilsson 2:02.02 NR 13 6 Mette Jacobsen 2:02.14 14 2 Gitta Jensen 2:02.32 15 1 Carla Negrea 2:02.96 16 7 Nicole Stevenson 2:04.21

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Nicole Haislett 1:57.90 AM 4 Franziska van Almsick 1:58.00 6 Kerstin Kielgaß 1:59.67 4 1 Catherine Plewinski 1:59.88 NR 5 3 Luminița Dobrescu 2:00.48 NR 6 8 Suzu Chiba 2:00.64 NR 7 7 Olga Kirichenko 2:00.90 8 2 Lü Bin 2:02.10

References

External links Official Report